Support for holding a plurality of garment hangers in closely spaced relation



May 13, 1958 [CH 2,834,475

H. A. RE SUPPORT FOR HOLDING A PLURALITY 0F GARMENT HANGERS IN CLOSELYSPACED RELATION 7 Filed Sept. 1a, 1956 hp /4' a 4 i! P a 2i a 1" g 9H1 iI i i L .9

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United States Patent F SUPPORT FOR HOLDING A PLURALITY OF GAR- MENTHANGERS IN CLOSELY SPACED RELA- The invention herein disclosed relatesto the supporting of garment, hangers and aims to provide simple,practical, inexpensive means for closely grouping a number of differentgarment hangers and movably suspending them in such space-savingrelation in a closet or other clothes containing compartment.

A particular purpose of the invention is to hold the different hangerson the support so that they will not twist or turn, but in such a waythat different hangers may be placed or removed as desired.

Another important object of the invention is to provide the support forthe plural hangers in a form which will fit and ride on hanger rails orrods of diiferent sizes and shapes without twisting around or gettingout of line on the rod.

Other desirable objects attained by the invention and the novel featuresof construction, combination and relation of parts by which such objectsare accomplished are set forth and will appear in the followingspecification.

The drawing accompanying and forming part ofthe specificationillustrates :a practical embodiment of the invention, but structure maybe modified and changed as regards this particular showing, all withinthe true intent and scope of the invention as hereinafter defined andclaimed.

Fig. 1 of the drawing is a broken front elevation showing the hangermounted on a rail and supporting a closely compacted group of five suithangers.

Fig. 2 is a broken sectional view taken at right angles to Fig. 1 onsubstantially the plane of line 2-2 of that figure.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view on substantially the plane of line33 of Fig. l.

In the drawing, the travelling hanger or support is shown as made up oftwo duplicate side plates 5 and 6 widely spaced at the top to confinebetween them a roller 7 and more narrowly spacedat the bottom to supportthe hooks 8 of various hangers 9.

The roller 7 is shown as having end spindles 10 projecting throughjournal openings 11 in the side plates and as having an intermediate Vgrooved portion 12 to ride a supporting rod or rail 13.

This V groove causes the roller to center itself over rods of differentdiameter and to hold the hanger against turning on the rod regardless ofrod diameter. At the same time the roller is free to rotate and hencethe hanger may be shifted along the supporting rod without tending totwist or to turn at an angle. One roller of this type is thus capable ofsupporting the hanger and maintaining it accurately aligned on the rod.

As a matter of economy this roller may be made of wood, turned all inone piece.

The widely spaced upper portions of the side plates are joined to thelower closely spaced portions by angled connection portions 14, Fig. 2,and the lower more closely spaced portions are solidly joinedtogether bymeans of screw 15 extending through an intermediate spacing collar 16and held by a nut 17-.

Patented May This single releasable fastening is sufiicient to hold theparts together and provide a means by which the plates may be readilydisconnected to slip the supporting roll over a bar or other support.While this screw fastener provides an inexpensive readily releasableform of connection, it will be appreciated that other such fasteners maybe employed.

The lower portions of the side plates are shown extended in crescentform at 18, Fig. l, and these are shown slotted through at the center at19 and as notched in horizontally spaced relation at opposite sides at20, 21 and 22, 23 to accommodate the hooks of the five, in this case,diiferent hangers 9.

The aligned slots and notches in the spaced hanger portions 18 grip andhold the hooks of the garment hangers against twisting or turning, thusmaintaining the garment hangers in the closely spaced parallel relationshown in Fig. 1. Thus the clothes on the hangers may be shifted back andforth as needed without twisting or getting out of order. v

Individual garment hangers may be readily engaged on or be disengagedfrom the rod supporting carrier or group hanger.

The supporting notches 20, 21, 22, 23 are shown in Fig. l as slantedtoward the center of the carrier so that the hangers and the clothes onthem will lie compactly together taking up much less room than if theywere hung individually on the same hanger rail.

' In addition to saving space in a closet, the travelling carrierenables a group of clothes, in this case all of five garments, to beshifted in one direction or the other along the rail without disturbingthem in any way.

The notches at the sides of the center slot may be located at difierentlevels so as to offset the hangers vertically as shown in Fig. 1, totake up less room and to support the garments in better hangingrelation.

The structure may be modified in various ways, thus the side plates maybe permanently fastened together as at 15, 16, 17 in the illustrationand be sprung apart at the top when necessary toremove or replace thesupporting spool. Also it is contemplated that the two side plates maybe connected together at the top or at the bottom as one continuousstrip and be sprung apart when need be to engage the hanger over orremove it from a supporting rail.

What is claimed is:

A carrier for holding and transporting a group of garment hangers as aunit on a supporting rail, comprising upright flexible yieldinglyseparable side plates spaced to stand at opposite sides of a supportingrail and having horizontally aligned bearing openings disposed to standabove and at opposite sides of the center of the supporting rail, aroller confined between said side plates having projecting spindles atopposite ends rotatably and removably engaged in said bearing openingsand having a midlength located, circumferentially extending annular Vgroove providing reversely faced conical surfaces effecting engagementof the roller with the 'top of the supporting rail at opposite sides ofthe rail center for centering the roller and supported structure and forholding the same against twisting on supporting rails of differentdiameters, said side plates having spaced apart portions extending belowsaid roller and supporting rail center having laterally separatedhorizontally extended transverse notches for receiving garment hangerhooks in spaced relation to maintain garment hangers laterally separatedand whereby said carrier may be engaged on or be removed from differentsupporting rails on springing the flexible side plates apart to releasethe spindle extensions of the roller and whereby said V grooved rollerwill hold the carrier against twisting or turning on the rail and thehorizontally extended hanger hook notches will hold-the garment-hangersagainst twisting or turning on the carrier.

References Cited in the file of this patent 4; Swanson Apr. 1, 1919Smiley July 22, 1919 Mobius et a1 Sept. 4, 1928 Gaboury May 19, 1942Freeman Feb. 28, 1950 Burger et a] July 11, 1950

